Two-tti Frutti Annalee's 2nd Birthday

We had such a wonderful day celebrating our big 2 year old! Since her birthday fell on Saturday this year, we had her party on her actual birthday and invited family and friends over for an afternoon at the house. It was a fun-filled afternoon with lots of sweets, treats and fun for the birthday girl. 

Just a few of my favorites from the party. 

The gents even enjoyed a nice game of horse in the backyard.

A little pool time.

Happy 2nd Birthday Sweet Annalee! 

We love you so very much!! 

Invitations via Festively Ink. 

Paper products from Meri Meri.

Pineapple cups from Rhode Island Novelty. 

Party Favors - Runts Candy and Boxes.

Frutti Pebble Cupcakes - recipe via Damn Delicious.

Watermelon cake from Wal-Mart!

Annalee's Pineapple Romper via Smocked Auctions. 

Junkin Reno: Paint Colors

The best decision we made with the new house is to paint everything one color. I was so stressed about picking out paint colors and didn't even know where to start. Our contractor helped with that problem and said - just pick two, one for the walls and one for the trim. Easy right??

So we decided to go with a light gray walls and white trim. Do you know how many shades of light gray their are? 

After picking up a color wheel from Sherwin Williams and taking it over to the house to view in various lights - we decided to go with Popular Gray. 

Here are a few pics of rooms with Popular Gray:

Looks like a good neutral color, right?

Well, a week later we picked out all our tiles and vanity's and our contractor helped us re-think that pick. So now we are going with Essential Gray. 

A little lighter, and seems to match better. 

Skim coat is up this week and paint is on it's way... I'm so nervous to see how it all turns out!

Junkin Reno: Ceilings

As we have mentioned before, Junkin was certainly a house of it's day in the 1950's - and wallpapered from head to toe. Literally. As in the ceilings were covered with wallpaper too. O boy!

After lots of wallpaper removal from the walls, we opted to just cover the ceilings with a thin layer of drywall in both the upstairs and downstairs foyers and in our master bedroom. We now have drywall up and a smooth ceiling ready for white paint!

Downstairs Foyer - May 31

Upstairs foyer - May 31

The hole in the wall you see above used to be a linen closet that was removed to make more room in the Jack and Jill bathroom. 

We also now have ceilings in the kitchen and master bath - with recess lighting in each. YAY!

Kitchen - May 31

Master Bath - May 30

Another big change to the stairway was closing off this door that used to go to a small little "study" when you first came up the stairs. It's now our master walk-in closet and you wouldn't even know it was there.

Stairs - May 31

Lots of updates since we returned from our trip to Tampa. Just wanted to catch everyone up on the progress as of the end of May. Lots more fun to come... the countdown is on ~ 30 days to move-in. 

Updates

We've had such a busy week - with lots of house progress!

{one}
GranDe made it to town! She had a long travel day... which allowed us some shopping time at Marshalls while waiting.

We went in for some tablecloths for her party and left with a wagon, chips and beach toys. #typical

{two}
House Updates!  We decided to continue the hardwoods into the bonus room/den so that it's not carpet when you come off the back deck. They will eventually be stained, with the rest of the floors, but so happy to see them in place!

{three}
Dry wall is up at the house. We stopped by late last night and the master bath is a real room!! the plumbing and electrical are done, ceiling lights are in and we have four walls, a pocket door and ceiling! It's so awesome to see.

More dry-wall closing in the door that used to come off the stairs. 

More dry wall up, giving us a walk-in closet. 

{four} 
Momma got a hair cut!! 5 inches gone. It feels so nice and light for summertime!

{five} 
We tried picking out carpet for the bonus room/den and master closet... still no decision, but Annalee loves walking on the samples.

This lil bit will be 2 tomorrow, I can't believe it!!  We'll be celebrating with a little afternoon party at home - probably our last at Moore St.  I can't wait to party with our lil cutie!

Cheers to a great weekend friends!

SIX years!!

Our Wedding ~ May 21, 2011

The hubs and I celebrated a wonderful six years on Sunday with a trip to Nelson Co. with our little one. We had lunch at Devils Backbone Basecamp and then explored Bold Rock for a little bit. Both places are so cool... we could certainly spend hours on end just sitting outside and letting the kiddos play. I see many more trips in our future! 

We also got a sitter and snuck out for a couple hours Saturday afternoon and evening for cocktails/mocktails at TAPS, met friends for a little bit at DBB for a band, and dinner at Haywood's. O, and who could forget a late-night trip to cook-out for shakes. :) 

It was a wonderful weekend and a reminder of how truly blessed we are to have each other, our health, and our countless blessings. 

Honeymoon in Antigua ~ May 2011

Happy six years Jesse! I love you and can't wait to celebrate many, many more! 

Busy week ahead... GranDe arrives tomorrow and Annalee turns the big 2 on Saturday! Plus, Memorial festivities and we leave next week for our summer vacation. Lots of fun stuff to do. 

Plus, we have lots of house updates on-going and baby lyons #2 is 30 weeks this week! Working on an update for everyone. 

Cheers to a great week friends! 

Junkin Reno: Kitchen Design

We finalized our kitchen layout a few weeks back, but I am finally getting around to sharing an update. Lots of progress at the house, but this post is all about the kitchen!

Below is the final layout. 

We are going with white shaker style cabinets and gold drawer pulls. We decided on white corara marble countertops (or something like them) and a simple white subway tile backsplash. These are a few pictures for inspiration:

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For appliances we decided to go with a gas stove top, with an oven below. A white wooden range hood and a separate range microwave build in on the other side of the kitchen. We both really like the side by side fridge, as apposed to a bottom pull out freezer drawer, and we decided to upgrade the sink to a kohler apron sink. Not quite as deep as a farmhouse, but the same look and feel. 

Our bar will extend into our dining area now and give us 3 spaces for barstools. We did not want an elevated bar because I really wanted this space to be as open as possible. Also, with children - 2 extra feet is a big drop to the floor - just saying'. It happens - trust me. This is an inspiration picture for our bar to dining transition.

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A fun feature our contractor added was a built in beverage fridge for wine, beer or kiddos drinks. It sits just to the side of the refrigerator. 

We will have recess lighting in the kitchen, with two pendant lights above the bar. Still waiting to pick those out.... I just can't decide. 

We did have to close-off a window in the kitchen - where the range and hood will go. But it made the most sense in the long run and allowed us to do so much more with the small space we had. It's not a small kitchen, but it's certainly not huge. 

This was a picture taken of the kitchen yesterday:

Updates: Plumbing is in, hardwoods are laid, and electric is run. City inspection is today.

Progress, Y'all!